fairly numerous: Midlands etc. Ir. (1) de Bré, (2) Ó Breaghaigh, mod. Ó Bré. The former an English toponymic also occurring as Bree; the latter a native name meaning a person from Breagh,(anglicised Bregia) a territory in Meath, but it occurs mainly in Connacht, whereas de Bré is associated mainly with Leinster. SI & SGG.